Butrint Training School
New season of the Butrint Training School will be held from 1-st to 21-st of July 2012.
The course will consist of two separate programs for three weeks.
1-Excavation techniques and data analysis in the field
2-Practical monument conservation and cultural heritage management program
Archaeological survey in Vjosa
During September October 2011, FoAP project undertook an archaeological landscape survey of the upper part of the Vjosa river valley. It was a collaborative project between Albanian Heritage Foundation (AHF) and Albanian Agency of the Archaeological Service (ASA) – Ministry of Culture, Tourism, Youth and Sports. The filed survey and research work were conducted by Ardit Miti and Eglantina Serjani, with the participation of Surja Lela (ASA), Dr. Dave Bescoby (University of East Anglia), Prof. Jose Maria, Martin Civantos (University of Granada), Glejdi Floku,
Berat Guide Book
Albanian Heritage Foundation in collaboration with the Municipality of Berat and Toena Publishing House, have published, in both albanian and english language, a Tourist Guidebook named “Berat, two and a half millennia of history, art and culture”. The Guidebook launch ceremony was organized during the opening of new tourist season in Berat. This new tourist guide to the city of Berat is a high-quality publication with abundant and interesting information for all the local and foreign visitors who come to explore
Book Launch Ceremony Eternal Butrint
On the 13th of June the Albanian Heritage Foundation and Toena Publishing House, organized a book launch ceremony at the Rogner Hotel on the occasion of the publication in Albanian of Eternal Butrint, a book by Richard Hodges and translated into Albanian by Diana Ndrenika.
The book launch where the author was present, was very well received and there was a lot of media attention too. A second book launch was organized in Saranda on the 15th of June
Illicit trade of Works of Art
To : Prime Ministers’ office; Council of Ministers; Parliament; Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sport; Ministry of Education and Sciences; Ministry of Interior Affairs; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Justice; All relevant institutions dealing with cultural heritage issues; The centre for the inventory of cultural properties; National and local media:
A public debate on “Illicit Trade of Works of Art – Case Albania was organized in Tirana, on 13th of July 2011, as a part of the
